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NOW THATS A NICE TABLE.I’M WORKING ON ONE NOW BUT NOT AS NICE AS THIS ONE. GREAT JOB.SURE YOUR DAD WOULD BE PROUD. ONE OF THE BETTER TABLES BUT LOOKS LIKE A LSU TIGER ONE THOU LOL .VERY VERY NICE AND THANKS FOR THE PIC .

Yupa – stand up my man and be proud… a marvelous job. I’ve been woodworking for 20+ years (last 2 more seriously) and last winter I built the same table except my table top is Rockler bought along with the fence. I also did not take the time to install a door for the router port. Compared to your table… it’s quite obvious I cheated and cut corners because my table doesn’t look as fine as yours. If you wish, you can take a tour of my workshop and see for yourself. You are right on about MDF which enhances your accomplishment. Hat off to you!

Wow thanks :) There were so so many flaws with MDF one of the worst was when i dadoed out the miter track i used a scrap piece before and the depth was dead on to allow for the extra depth of mdf plus laminate. But when I went to install the track it was dead on on one end high in 3 places which ended up chisel and scraping for hours to get it perfect. MDF does not stay true all way down the piece I noticed a variance of 1/32 to a full 1/16 in many places. When I fabricated the base of the fence support it took 5 attemps before I got one that did not crack or break near the dust collection channel area. On last attemp i said @#$ #$ and used a piece of black walnut which i knew would hold.On another note there were dozens of mistakes in the Shop Notes instructions and I spent many hours all together studying them and had to come up with current solutions. My Kregg Pocket Hole helped alot of the time.I wanted to catalog the entire cost of this build and can easily say I could have bought 2 Kregg Router tables in the end.I over ordered my Laminate,ended up buying anothe 4×8 sheet of MDF from all the mistakes and part breakages.But in the end I can say I built this :)

Now I wish there was a class on tounge and groove joinery so I can get it down the next time around. lol My neighbor said, “Why did you not make the drawer carcasses with pocket holes ?” I said I want to stay true to the book :P and nearly over a month later i finish.

You’re right about using MDF as a structural component. It definitely has it’s limitations. One way of fastening it that does work (once, at least) is to use some Confirmat screws. The link is one place to get them. There are others if you do a little looking on the web. They are a tad spendy and you need a special bit to drill pilot holes for them, but they will hold quite well.

I’m sure you will enjoy the table and find it to be very useful. Great work!!

Update :) I’ve only used this table a wee bit since the build and there are 2 things that are a bit annoying with this design. First this a standard shop vac does not pull enough suction into the waste chamber and second when pushing table near wall it’s nearly impossible to move since the unit has to tip toward the wall to use wheels :( .